Ahead of polls, govt allows OMCs to open over 55,000 new petrol pumpsAhead of the general elections next year, the government for the first time in the last four years allowed the state-run oil marketing companies to go for a massive expansion of their retail operations by opening close to 56,000 new fuel pumps across the country. The move will boost employment generation by thousands and an investment of thousands of crores of rupees. For the first time, the OMCs have invited bids from priva...